I am following this tutorial for making my first block. I'm having trouble with the texture part. When the block is an item on the ground I see the texture, and when the block is in my inventory I see the texture. However, when placing the block in the world I get the purple and black squares. So far this is what I have for my code.

 

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***SOLVED***

The tutorial above lists the file name as blockstates.tutorial_block.json which meant I had mine as blockstates.test_block.json. I changed it to test_block.json and poof it worked.

I'm searching for "minecraft forge 1.8.9 create block texture". Is there a better way to be searching for this?

Did you actually make the block model files and place them in assets/mod_name/models/items and assets/mod_name/models/blocks?

 

Make sure that you have a model in both blocks and items, as the blocks one will be rendered in-world and items one will be rendered in inventory and in your hand.

 

Also, make sure your texture for your block is referenced in the right place in your model file. check the console when your game is loading up, it will tell you what file is missing.